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=== Launch alliances ===
[[File:Proton Zvezda crop.jpg|thumb|Launch of a Proton rocket]]

Since 1995 Khrunichev's [[Proton rocket]] has been marketed through [[International Launch Services]], while the [[Soyuz (rocket family)|Soyuz rocket]] is marketed via [[Starsem]]. The [[Sea Launch]] project flew the Ukrainian [[Zenit rocket]].

In 2003, Arianespace joined with [[Boeing]] Launch Services and [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] to create the [[Launch Services Alliance]]. In 2005, continued weak commercial demand for EELV launches drove Lockheed Martin and Boeing to propose a joint venture called the [[United Launch Alliance]] to service the United States government launch market.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boeing, Lockheed Martin to Form Launch Services Joint Venture| date=2 May 2005 |url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16790|publisher=spaceref.com|access-date=13 February 2008|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209234346/http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16790|archive-date=9 December 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>